Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing · Texas

National Oilwell Varco FM 529

Houston, TX · ~184 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

National Oilwell Varco FM 529: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 safety composite

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 75% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 35%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 75% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2024

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 injury rate improved

National Oilwell Varco FM 529's TCR fell 0.4 from 1.2 in 2016 to 0.8 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2016 at 1.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 1.32× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=1.2 · 2017=0.0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 333132 · Houston, TX AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.8 DART
  • RANK #57/208
  • PHOTO Alegacy Equipment LLC
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 5 inj
  • SIZE ~184 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Alegacy Equipment LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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National Oilwell Varco FM 529 in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows National Oilwell Varco FM 529 averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 TCR series: 2016=1.2 · 2017=0 · 2023=0.4 · 2024=0.8 · BLS 3.3

Where National Oilwell Varco FM 529 falls in its industry

316 Drilling equipment, oil and ga establishments

Safer than 75% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Texas alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #57 safest of 208 Drilling equipment, oil and ga employers in Texas.

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 (184 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 1.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 01,0002,0003,000 0246810 Average employees Total Case Rate National Oilwell Varco FM 529
National Oilwell Varco FM 529 (184 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 92 employees and a TCR of 1.3

National Oilwell Varco FM 529 has more employees than the Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-ty median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.8 0.8 2 0 0
2023 0.4 0.4 1 0 0
2017 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2016 1.2 1.2 2 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

333132 · TX · Houston

316 Drilling equipment, oil and gas field-type, manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 38,394 rated employers in Texas with headcount on file · 5,116 employers in Houston, TX · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Alegacy Equipment LLC 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR CAM Process Technologies 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR LaValley Industries 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR HES Conroe 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE ANDERSON PERFORATING SERVICES LLC DBA API PERFORATING 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Texas Gas 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Embrey Development Company 184 FTE
STATE-SIZE Lithko TX, LLC 184 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH IAH 11,560 FTE
CITY-NEAR IAH - Airport United Airlines Offices 10,239 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-IAH 9,442 FTE
CITY-NEAR Houston Methodist Hospital Texas Medical Center 8,873 FTE
NAT-TCR Network Infrastructure Corporate 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR TCCo-MD 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 003-COR 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Guilford County - Legal Department 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE 021-MIL 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willow Brook Christian Village 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Willow Brook at Delaware Run 184 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tnemec Company NKC 184 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.